On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:18:16 -0800 Ian Truelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:05:09 -0600 > TriKster Abacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This just goes to prove that I am not the only one seeing this > > bullsh*ty "ooohooohoooohhh ... 2.6.X is so great!" crap > > > Excuse me for interrupting, but does it make a lot of sense to be > benchmarking what is essentially a development kernel? I imagine IBM did the benchmarks to get a feel for the improvements in the enterprise (i.e. multi-cpu server) support for 2.6. This is not to say that it won't imrove more after .10, etc. > > For the record, I have seen a slight downgrade in X performance with > 2.6, but not much of one. However, I am not running 2.6 for speed, but > to help in the development in whatever small way that I can. > > I am giving them a good 10 releases before I expect to see the same or > better performance. > I have noticed little difference in performance, and on my measly desktop, nothing but rock-solid stability for six months of 2.5/2.6. Be patient my son. -- Collins - Denver Area - Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
